Forest Service has released the draft forest management plan and environmental impact statement for the Manti-La Sal National Forest. This forest covers three areas in southern and central Utah and a small portion of western Colorado encompassing a total of 1.4...
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Articles: Action Alert
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Draft Management Plan Will Result in Unacceptable Loss of Access
The BLM has released it's draft plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah. BRC engaged its members in 2022 during the scoping period. Comments are accepted until November 9, 2023. The BLM will hold meetings to answer questions at the...
Table Mesa Plan to Affect Recreation Shooting, Dispersed Camping, OHV Access, E-bike Access
The BLM in Arizona has released the environmental assessment for the Table Mesa Recreation Area and comments are due August 31, 2023. BlueRibbon participated in the scoping phase at the beginning of 2023. This plan gives the options of the No Action Alternative:...
246.3 Miles of Route Closures in Southern Arizona, Middle Gila
The BLM in the Tuscon Field Office has released the Middle Gila Environmental Assessment which analyzes four different alternatives. Comments are due August 31, 2023 BRC and our members engaged in scoping in early 2023. During this first step in the process, there...
Defund the Bureau of Land Management National Monument Planners
Yesterday BlueRibbon Coalition filed its notice of appeal in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in its challenge to President Biden's expansions of the Grand Staircase Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments. We were disappointed that the District Court in Utah...
Action Alert: Kootenai Over Snow Vehicle Plan
The Kootenai National Forests is accepting public comment on the Kootenai Over Snow Vehicle (OSV) plan. The comment deadline has been extended to September 29, 2023. The USFS is starting this planning process to comply with federal regulations requiring a travel...
Support Recreation Access in Bears Ears National Monument for the SITLA Land Swap
When President Obama first designated the Bears Ears National Monument in Southeastern Utah near Blanding and south of Moab, through abuse of the Antiquities Act, School Land Trust parcels were within the boundaries of the expansive monument. As the boundaries have...
Help us Support Continued Electric Bike Access in the National Park System
The National Park Service is accepting public comment until July 21st to address e-bike use on NPS lands. In 2019, NPS adopted a rule to give the superintendents of individual park units the discretion to allow e-bikes to be used in the same areas and on the same...
Lake Powell and Lake Mead Operations Being Updated for the Next 20 Years!
The Bureau of Reclamation has announced the scoping period as they update the 2007 Interim Guidelines for the Colorado River Management Operations. The 2007 Interim Guidelines creates the planning direction for the BOR to determine how much water to release...
Oppose The Owyhee Wilderness in Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho
Senator Wyden of Oregon has proposed a bill, S. 1890, which will designate 1,134,292 acres as Wilderness completely restricted from motorized and mechanized use in the south eastern corner of Oregon and into Idaho. That is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island....









